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i 'H r.? a ! ft I V THE FUTURE OF WAR. MODERN GUNS WILL NECESSI TATE A CHANGE. ' IWensWe Ilattles Wilt lie Rt a I'remlam and Defensive Warfare Simplified, Ac cording to Gen. Fltxhugb Lee -An In terfiling Frotileni. HE modern guns will mako great changes In the art of war, and the plans employed In former campaigns by the great com manders will re ceive many modifi cations. Defensive battles' will be at a premium, and de- cnslvo warfare will be simplified. Armies will maneuver for position, and the generals commanding them will gain fame by movements skillfully conducted to concentrate their scat tered battalions at the proper time, with the purpose of forcing an antag onist to give rather than to accept the battle. If a campaign with a desig nated objective point ls planned, nnd the ptrategy Is offensive on the part of one of the commanders, If possible, his tactics will be defensive. Hostile armies will keep at greater distances and in open country out of sight of each other, unless they can take up a line at night and Intrench; nnd direct flank movements will not be attempted where troops are visible before the as sault Field balloons will locate the position, and photography mark the formation, of contending forces, while telephones and electricity will play prominent parts in the war drama. Night marching and night attacks will be more frequent, anil columns of troops- organized to chnrge stationary positions will be movediinder darkness to close points bo thaw the charge at dawn will occupy the shortest time pos sible, writes General ILee, In the Cen- tury. Raging battleswill be fought by Infantry and artllle', and one of the problems will be thir protection of the horses that draw he guns. Tempo rary field-works crfmot shelter them, and unless hills aflird protection they will perish in the hladen hail. Cavalry will not be emplojJd on the main field of battle, but on tjie flanks of armies, against cavalry. Cavalry chieftains will no longer assail Infantry or artil lery, and no morjk charges will be re corded like those of Ponsonby at Wa terloo or Murat at Jena. This arm will still be effectivl in reconnaissances, picketing, guarding trains, and as es corts; but except in small bodies its use for advance and rear-guards will be diminished.' The target presented is too large to U'J risked before field-guns firing with geat rapidity, even if sev eral miles distant, as well as before In fantry rlflea Incessantly flashing a mile away. Maneuvering a cavalry corps with, say, ten thousand horses on a future battle-field would be a hihg ftype of cruelty to anl malsLut the regiments, brigades, and divisions composing It can still render goo service. They can be moved with celerity long distances, and the troop y' otb, except the horse-holders, can be ' dismounted and used as Infantry, their modern carbines being nearly as ef fective as the magazine-rifle of the in fantryman; but It will be most diffi cult to protect the horses while locat ing them in Buch a position as to reach their riders or be reached by them quickly, when necessary. Perhaps the most interesting prob lem to be solved by those who organize armfes in the future is the disposition and arrangement of the Immense am munition trains. The greedy guns must be fed, and great will be their ra pacity. Next to the commanding gen eral and his principal assistants will rank in importance the field chief of ordnance, who has the location of sup ply depots and the management of the transportation of large and small cart ridges to the combatants. The con tinual replenishing of caisson and limber boxes, the smaller charges for infantry during actual conflict, and the safety and efficiency of vast trains where electric or steam roads cannot be constructed, will require a brave, en terprising, cool, vigilant officer of con spicuous ability and executive capacity. The medical department, too, must be reorganized and enlarged to convey the disabled to field hospitals, for field ambulances cannot be placed close to battle lines, and the numbers of the wounded will be greatly increased. The great captains of future wars will be those who fully comprehend the destructive power of improved can non and small arms, and whose calm and fertile Intellect will grasp the im portance of bo maneuvering as to force the antagonist to give offensive battle, and who will never be without a "clear conception of the object to be achieved and the best way of achieving It." They will parry and fence like great, swordsmen, but they will thrust only when the enemy rushes upon them. The Manager' Share, Manager But If I pay you $1,000 a night. In addition to all other expenses, what will there be left for mo to live on: Prlma-Donna Well, if you treat us nicely, we will no doubt give you a benefit performance at the end of the season. The Leading Snake Story. A Georgia weekly exchange breaks the record with the following: "Uncle Bud Sells killed seven cop perhead snakes In three days last week and within Hi feet of each other of an unknown variety, which measured 14 Xeet In length." ft Jj&lm HALLELUJAH HARBOR. A Flout lug 1'olyglot Settlement on IlUer In tlio l'nclllr Northwest. Situated In tho west channel of tho Puyallup River Is a smnll settlement called Hallelujah Hnrbor, and It Is here the scow dwellers of the city hold forth, says the Tacoma Dally News. Halle lujah Harbor Is distinctly n Tacoma Institution. Every seaport city, how ever, has similar districts, though In nine cases out of ten these scow dwel lings are the habitations of a very dan gerous class of citizens robbers, plun derers, river pirates, smugglers, the outcasts of society and lnw-breakers generally. But this Is not true of Hallejuh Harbor. Hero the scow dwellsrs nro mostly honest-hearted bachelor fishermen or laborers, who find in this locality n home free of rent, where the tread of the pompous "copper" is not heard and where tho form of tho tax collector Is never seen. About seventy-five bcowb and miserably constructed cabins securely perched upon heavy logs constitute tho villago of Hallelujah Harbor. To become a member of society In this quiet town there are two requisites. First, tho new-comer must own his littlo shack, and, second, must have sense enough to strictly mind his .own business. There are no credentials required as to race, sex, color or previous occupation. Sunday is n big day over at the harbor. The folks do not boast about their church-going proclivities. They pre fer to stay at homo and do a little lnun dry work, to sew on a few needed but tons and loaf and smoke during the afternoon. It was this careless spirit that a few montliB ago Induced sev eral of the salvation army to tako up their abode in the midst of what was then known as Scowville. Even the enthusiasm of the ardent devil-fighters accentuated by the big bass drum and the shouts of glory from the army lads and lassies, could not wake the "wicked" fishermen from their leth argy and the recruits were finally called home. From the time of their de parture Scowville has been known as Hallelujah Harbor. The cabins are mostly about 1G by 10 feet in size, di vided Into two rooms a kitchen and bedroom. The dwellers do their own cooking, living chiefly on brend, ba con, potatoes, flour gravy, fish and game. The cost of such a bill of fare rarely exceeds $1 a week. Some of tho houses are very neatly kept, though tho majority woefully show the need of the hand of gentle woman. In this curious little city are Frenchmen, Germans, Swedes, Italians and Irish men, all living together In perfect har mony. On moonlight evenings they congregate on one of the largest rafts, and as several of them are performers on musical instruments quite an or chestra is formed and many a pleasant evening hour 1b thus whiled away. THE BALTIC SHIP CANAL. How It Will Make and Unmake Various Knropcan Torts. Germany does well to make the for mal opening of the great Baltic ship canal a ceremonial affair of tho first magnitude, says the London Review. When ships of the largest burden can pass by a protected short cut of sixty miles' length from the North Sea to the Baltic the ugliest as well as the oldest problem of north European navi gation will have been solved. Inci dentally It will destroy what little re mains of Denmark's commercial im portance. Copenhagen has endeavored to forestall disaster by making itself Into a free port and spending large sums of money upon dock and harbor Improvements; but, we fear, all in vain. It is incredible that any ship ping will hereafter be sent into Dan ish waters, to round the tiresome Jut land peninsula and brave the dangers of the treacherous passago of the sound, which can take advantage of the shorter and entirely safe route across Holsteln. Where the commer cial supremacy of the Baltic will re settle itself when once it quits Copen hagen is not clear. Hamburg Is very confident about Its own succession to those rich honors. Ancient Lubeck is projecting an Elbe-Trave canal, by means of which she hopes to divert the increased traffic and wealth to herself. Th Courland port of Libau has spent 250,000 in enlarging its facilities for the competition nnd even St. Peters burg, which, with its new deep-water dock in the Neva, becomes a Beaport this year for the first time, has visions of maritime greatness based on this novel rearrangement of trade currents. While these rival claims are as yet in the air the advantages to British ship ping are tangible and immediate. Not least among these advantages may be counted the increased incentives to peace which the financial Importance of keeping this great canal open will give to the German empire. tiallunt, Yet Itude. At 10 a. m. yesterday an extremely well-dressed and pretty young woman was crossing the City Hall park. She was half-way across the square when a man garbed like a gentleman stopped her and told her than an enormous "devil's darning-needle" was on her back. "If you will stand still a moment I will kill it," he said. She smiled her thanks. The man pulled off his derby and struck her two sounding blows with IiIb hat some dis tance below the waist. The young woman stood as If petrified, then she turned and gave her rescuer a glance in which astonishment, Indigna tion and possibly thanks were strange ly mingled. The man did not notice her. He was inspecting the darning needle on the ground, and the pretty young woman walked on toward the Brooklyn bridge, tossing up a mental penny whether to be angry or not. New York World. VENETIAN MOSAICS. An Old nnd lleautlful Art Kevlied by Modern Demands. Tho revival at Venice of tho mosaic art, chiefly for Internal nnd external artistic decoration of prlvnto nnd pub lic buildings, goes on uninterruptedly and working In mosaic Is now (our consul says) carried on In that city on ft largo Bcale nnd with great success, says tho London Dally News. A mosaic Is a work framed by tho use of "tes serae" or small cubes of enamel, mar ble or other material nnd of a gold-and-sllver lenf between two films of the purest glass of various colors, which aro skillfully mixed on cement so as to produce the effect of a picture. Tho composition of human figures In different attitudes, nnimnls, drnperlcs or other objects rcpulrlng a caieful de lineation nro Intrusted to the best workmen nnd tho execution of the background to less trnlned workmen. Tho splendid mosaics which are mndo at Venice contlnuo to bo In great de mand In tho artistic mnrkets of tho world for the skillful manner In which the tesserae nro arranged, for their ex treme beauty and delicacy of color, tho rich harmony of effect and from their being nearly Indestructible. The man ner In which mosaics nro now mndo for decorative purposes is quite dif ferent from tho clnboratc system used by the ancients, which consisted In fix ing tho tesserae ono by one on tho cement previously applied on the wall. Tho modern method of tho Vonctlan school consists In executing the mosaic In the workshop by having the tesserae fixed with common paste on tho section of tho cartoon assigned to each work man. When all the parts of tho mosaic aro complete they are put together on tho floor or on n special wooden frame. Tho mosaic, which is then n perfect representation of the original cartoon, Is again divided Into sections on tho reverse side, marked with a progres sive number and carefully packed to be sent off to the place for which it Is intended. Tho surface of the wall whero the mosaic Is to be fixed Is then covered with cement, Into which the sections of tho mosaic nro uniformly pressed according to their numbers and tho key-plan supplied to the fixers. When tho cement has hardened the paper on which the tesserae have been pasted Is gently taken off and the faith ful copy of the original cartoon Is again exhibited on the right side. A TRAQEDY IN MID-AIR. Tho Hawk Ciitches the Weasel, but acts tho Worst of It. The weazel Is a dainty and luxurious liver, in his way, says the Houston Post. He steals the freshest eggs, se lects the tenderest chickem) of the brood, and will sometimes kill several for a single meal, sucking tho warm blood nnd eating only a small portion of the flesh. Ho is not only sly nnd cunning, but remarkably courageous. He will often attack an enemy much larger and stronger than himself, and he does not lose his wits even In Im minent peril. This heroic quality Is sometimes strikingly evinced. Two farmers in Titus County, Texas, were eating their midday meal, when they noticed a large hawk circling In the sky overhead. He was gradually narrowing his circles while ap proaching the ground, and it was ap parent that he would soon drop upon his vl:tlm. The men looked about cautiously, without movement or noise, and presently discovered a weasel stretched out upon the warm side of a log, not far away, probably sunning himself after a long morning's sleep, for the weasel does his sleeping in the daytime and his work at night. But the weasel quietly blinked at tho sun, either unconscious of tho danger or in different to It. The farmers had just made thiB discovery when tho hawk came gliding down, swift as an arrow, seized the weazel In his powerful tal ons and rose again aloznst perpendicu larly. All seemed at an end for that weasel. Soon, however, the move ments of the great bird became strange and unnatural. His wings worked rapidly and convulsively, as if making a great effort to Bustaln flight, then he began to sink, slowly till Anally he fell straight like a plummet to the ground dead! From under the outstretched wings crept the weasel, apparently un harmed. What had happened? The weasel had quickly stretched his long supple neck under the hawk's wing, stuck his teeth Into a vital part and sucked out the life blood. The mus cles of the hawk relaxed as the blood was rapidly drained. There wns a last desperate effort at flight; the wings flapped uselessly In the air, and the heaviness of death "jrought him swiftly to tho ground, very near tho spot'whero the weasel had been basking In the sun. Upholding Ills Dignity. "This suit," said the rural justice, "Is fer breach In tho premises. It ap pears to the court that ho promised the wldder to marry her an' then run off with the postmistress?" "Yes, sir," said the weeping widow, "that he did!" "Bailiff, collect $10 out o tho wldder fer interruptln' the court. Is the post mistress present?" "No, sir; sho's on her honeymoon," "Get $20 worth of Btamps out o' her fer contempt. All the lawyers pre sent?" "No. sir two nbsent." "All right; $10 apiece fer both. Ain't you been drlnkln' bailiff?" "Jest a dram, sir." "Five dollars and costs fer you. The dignity o' this here court Is got to be maintained!" Atlanta Constitution. Kxcusable. New Minister I saw you going Into a saloon yesterday, Mr, DeGood, Mr. DeGood Yes; ray wife was off to a church society meeting, and I dropped In there for something to eat. THE ASSAULT ON ACRE NAPOLEON'S DREAM OP ORI ENTAL CONQUEST Th I'aslia's Capital Was the Key of ralestlne Nlr Sidney Smith's Aid to the Defenders of Turkish llule In Western Asia, ROM earliest tlmcR Acre hnd been the key of Palestine; If Bonnparto should Becuro It, ho would become the arbiter of his own destiny nnd of tho world's. With Pnlestlno, Egypt nnd India at his feet, the trl contlnontnl mon archy of his drenms was realizable, or else, In the Bnmo onae, ho could return to Paris with laurels unknown since tho crusades, nnd put tho copestono on tho nearly completed structure of military domination In Franco nnd Europe. To tho end of his days ho lmnglnod, or represented himself as imagining, that ho would havo altered tho world's ca reer by choosing tho part of Ortentnl conqueror. Wo mny call these notions, dreams or fancies, or visions, or what wo will; they wore true conceptions In themselves, nltliought It Is not likely that England would havo been con quered In tho loss of India. Sho had been vigorous without It; she could havo survived even that blow. For tho moment tho fall of Aero appeared to bo an nntccedent condition to either of the courses which wero in tho mind of Bonnparto, But tho Blege was not prosperous. The assault and the defense during tho at tack In March had been nllko desperate, and French valor had been futile. A fleet was now on Its way from Constan tinople to throw additional men and provisions Into tho town. At tho same time Phelippeaux hnd constructed n new glrdlo of forts lnsldo tho walls, nnd had barricaded tho streets. In tho Interval, however, tho French had brought up some heavy guns from Jaffa and wore making preparations to renew operations. A breach was easily effected, and a few gallant fellows seized the tower which controlled the outworks nnd cur tain; but the storming party wbb re pulsed, and the men In the tower, though they held it for two days, were Anally so reduced In numbers that they succumbed. ThlB exasperated the French soldiers Intensely. For tho first two weeks of May there was scarcely a break In the succession of assaults. The fierce struggles which occurred In tho breaches, on the barricades, even in the Btrcets, to which tho French onco or twice penetrated, resulted in an ap palling loss of life; but neither party quailed. Beforo long a pestilence broko out In tho French camp, and tho hospitals established at Jaffa and else where were crowded with sick nnd dy ing. On May 7 Kleber's division was called in for a conclusive onslaught, and In the face of a double fire from Sir Sid ney Smith's cannon and tho guns on the walls, both the first and second works wero scaled and taken. All was In vain. Every house rained bullets from embrasures made for the purpose, and the entering columns re treated on the very threshold of their goal. Three days later a, second equally desperate attempt likewise failed. In all, the siege lasted 62 days; the French ussaulted 40 times, and 2(5 sallies were mado by the garrison; while four thou sand soldiers and four good generals from his splendid army wer,e tho sac rifice of human life which Bonaparte offered at Acre to his ambition. Finally, the squadron from Constantinople hav ing safely arrived, news came that an other was fitting out at Rhodes to re take Egypt Itself. Nothing was left but to retreat, and on the 17th the siege was abandoned. The retreat began on the 20th. At Jaffa Bonaparte passed through the hospital wards calling out in a loud voice: "Tho TurkB will be here In a few hours. Whoever feels strong enough let him rise and follow us." Itebuked by Hannibal Hamlin. Mr. Hamlin was a true gentleman. Punctilious himself In the observanco of all the requirements of gentlemanly Intercourse, he was equally exacting of every courtesy duo him from others. He permitted no man to be rude to him, or to assume the attitude of a superior. On one occasion one of the ablo men and leaders of the Senate, distinguished for a self-conscious, lordly air In his deportment, In the change of seats which occurs once In two years In the Senate chamber had gained a seat by tho side of Mr. Hamlin, and began at once to practice upon him those little exactions and annoyances which he had been accustomed to Impose upon others. After n. few days of yielding to these encroachments, Mr. Hamlin turned, and In a tone that did not re quire repetition, said, "Sir, If you ex pect to be treated like a gentleman, you must prove yourself one." Thero was never occasion afterward to repeat tho admonition. Exchange. An Easy Eolation. Gotham Girl What difficult prob lems Is Boston culture struggling with at present? Miss Tremont A recent subject of social discussion is the proposition to tax bachelors. Gotham What nonsense! If they don't see any one In Boston they want to marry, tell them to come to New York. A man laughs when he Is amused; a woman laughs when she thinks people thinks she ought to. A WATER-CRESS INTERLUDE. Kxperlencn of an American Traveler Upon a Herman Hallway. "Wo fellows over here," said a New Yorker to n Now York Sun repot ter, "are glvlug to growling U ft train doesn't make tho schedule time to n mlnuto or If there's a moment's delay at any point along tho line, but ft little travel In some of the European coritl nentnl lines would, I think, make ub more reconciled to our own conditions. I know It haB had that chastening effect on mo. On my last trip to Germany I had to run down from Hanover' to Casscl, and nftcr wo had been jogging along ftt ft scdato pace of threo minutes to tho mile for n couple of 'hours or bo wo camo to n stop. I looked out of tho window nnd saw that wo were In tho midst of n vory pretty country scene, meadows and gnrdciiB, but with noth ing In tho shape of a village to ba seen except Bomp scattered farm-houses. So I concluded that It was either a way sldo station for somo dlBtrlct or else thnt an accident hnd happened. The only other passenger In the coach, n Lutheran clergyman I put him up to bo, knew of no stopping plnco there, bo I lowered tho door bubIi to hunt up tho conductor or guard. Ab I poked my hoad out I saw a man that I took to bo tho fireman or engineer coming across tho meadows with n big bundle dono up In a blue handkerchief, swing ing from his hnnd, while. Ills mato was leaning out of tho cnb window, smok ing a big pipe. Tho conductor wns sit ting hesldo tho track examining ft be lated wild flower through his gold rimmed spectnclcs, tho escape stoam wob gently whistling through tbo valve, n few passengers had their heads poked out of the other carriage win dows like mlno, all apparently watch Ing the approach of tho man with the bluo handkerchief with n sort of good nnturcd family Interest. Altogether It was a very pretty, restful, pastoral picture. I hesitated for a mlnuto to break In on It, but when I looked at my watch and found that wo had been standing thero for more than a quarter of an hour I yelled to the profcBBor-Hko guard and asked hlra what wnB tho matter. "Ho arose and ennio smiling pleas antly to tho carriage window. '"What's tho matter?' I repeated. 'Is thero an nccldent?' Ho Btnlled still more pleasnntly. " 'Oh, no, Meln Herr, ho Bald, 'only there Is a famous quality of dlo bach kresso or water-cresB In tho brook at tho bottom of that Aeld over thero and tho good Wllhelm Schwartz, tho en gineer, generally makes It a point to get a bunch of It for his Sunday salad when he comes along here on tho Satur day afternoon train.' "By thnt timo the guard had finished his delightful little Btory tho engineer had reached tho engine. Then the guard climbed Into his coupe, there was a shrill toot of tho whistle and wo were Jogging nlong again." Mr. Howells Hid Not Accept tho Ilrlbe, I found that there wero stations which wero considered particularly de sirable by the fruiterers, and that the chief of these was In front of tho old United States court house. A fruiterer out of place, whoso family I visited for the charities, tried even to corrupt me, and promised me that If I would get him this stendlo (they Italianize "stand" to that effect, just as they translate "bar" Into barra and so on), lie would give me something outright. "13 pol, cl sara sempre la raancla" ("And then there will always be tho drink money"). I lost an occasion to lecture him upon the duties of the citi zen; but I am not a rendy speaker. W, D. Howells, In the Century. "HOWDYS." It Is common in Arabia to put cheek to cheek. The Hindoo falls in the dust before his superior. The Chinaman dismounts when a great man goes by. A Japanese removes his sandals, crosses his hands and cries out, "Spare me!" The Australian natives practice the singular custom, when meeting, of making a grimace at each other. A striking salutation of the South Sea Islanders Is to fling a Jar of water over the head of a friend. Tho Arabs hug and kiss each other, making simultaneously a host of In quiries about each other's health and proipect. The Turk crosses his hands upon his breast nnd maken a profound obeisance, thus manifesting his regard without coming in personal contact with its object. PHILOSOPHY. The love of money keeps many men from vice. The locomotive builder is noted for his englne-ulty. The proper thing for a Jury Is to be firm, but not fixed. The fetter of propriety should be worn as an ornament, not n chain. The surest way to become poor in earnest Is to try to keep all you get. The trouble with cheerful peoplo Is that their cheerfulness la too hard to snub. If you don't want your boy to turn out bad, don't bear down too hard on tho grindstone. There ought to be a law passed that railway restaurant keepers shall date their apple pies. The more worthless a man Is when he leaves a town, the greater probability that he will come hack. We learn that ministers are seriously disturbed over the Innovation known as the automatic coupler. A fish diet Is said to be good for the brain. Probably this Is because the fish go so often In schools. The moment a man finds out he has been making a fool of himself he has learned something valuable. The stingier a man Is about valuable things the more apt he is to give advice. Comparing your sins with those of oth er people won't make your slntiug any 3afer KILLED BY HARSH CRITICISM. Mgr. Carlnl, Warned and Censured by the Cardinals, Dies from the niow. You may perhaps havo heard of the recent theft of precious Illuminated parchments nt the Vatican library, says an Italian correspondent of the St. James Gazette. The robber, the sol-dlsant Prof. Sordl, has Indirectly become n murderer, for it Is certainly to the anxiety nnd pain caused by the ruthless mutilation, of. his bibliograph ical treasures that we must attribute tho sudden death of Mgr. Carlnl, tho Prefect of the Vatican library. This eminent prelate, though comparatively young being only nbout CO was known nnd respected in tho scientific world for his learned writings on his torical, pnlneogrnphlc and theological BiibJectB, nnd belonged to sovcral sci entific academics, tioth In Italy and abroad. Tho theft of tho parchments brought down nn avalanche of annoy ances and trouble on tho quiet, peaceful Bavnnt, nnd ho bravely supported the weary interrogations of the police ofil claU and tho nBsnults of prying report ers. But tho coup do grace camo to him when he wns called beforo a com mittee of CnrdlnnlB, ono of whom, tho Jesuit Mczzarella, harshly threw upon him nil the blame of whnt hnd occurred. ThlB was too much for tho poor Monslgnor. HIb Sicilian blood got the better of his lovo for tho grand library, which was his greatest pride and enre, and ho niBlied out of tho room, exclaim ing: "Very well, I shall resign." But tho blow had been too painful, and a few hotirB Inter, when at his place In the Chapter of St. Poter'o Blnglng ves pers with the other cnnonB, Mgr. Carlnl uunk down in a swoon nnd was carried Into the Court of St. Damascus, where ho expired without regaining con sciousness. Mgr. Carlnl was a son of Gen. Carlnl,-who commanded tho army corps of Perugia when Archbishop Pec cl, not yet elevated to the chair of SL Peter, occupied that see. Leo XIIL had, therefore, known tho lato Monslg nor since hlB childhood, and, appre ciating the rare talents of tho young priest, called him to Rorao, where, In tho course of time, he appointed him to the Important post which ho occu pied at the time of his sudden death. HIb holiness has been profoundly shocked nnd grieved nt the Iobs of Mgr. Carlnl, whom he had already ap pointed cardinal. lie Was No Menagerie. Senator Harris, of Tennessee, Bays that Just after Andrew Johnson had va cated the presidential Beat tho mana gers of tho Simpson County, Ky Ag ricultural and Mechanical A'ssoqlatioa decided -that It would bo a great adver tisement to havo tho old gentleman at tend tho fair. "We don't care for him on Saturday," said the manager, "for on that day wo shall havo a pretty big crowd, anyhow. Wednesday will be the day. I will write tho ex-Preal-dent." Tho following letter wa3 sent to Mr. Johnson: "Great Sir: Tho people of the won derful county of Simpson, feeling a great interest in ono of America's greatest sons, have decided to Invite you to be present at our fair grounds on Wednesday, October 0, where they wish to shake your hand. Please let mo know by return mall." Ho let him know by return mall, on the back of his own missive. Tho old gentleman turned the letter over, and read the following: "I am no menagerie, A. Johnson." Same Kffect. Jack What's tho matter with you! Love? George No; only the grip. TEMPERANCE. Governor Sheakley, of Alaska, refuse, to Issue the necessary permits for the establishment of breweries In that terri tory. A new law for the better observance of Sunday in Russia will probably close all the dram shopB throughout the em pire on that day. A physician declares that one-half the consumptive patients received Into hos pitals In Paris owe their condition to spirit drinking. The W. C. T. U. of Bondurant, la., have had five acres of ground given them for five years rent free, and will farm It for the benefit of their work. Rev. J. Hudson Taylor says that the number of opium smokers and their families In China who are suffering di rectly from this evil Is 150.000,000. Superintendent Russel, of the Ohio Anti-Saloon League, reports that over 100 saloons in various towns have been closed already through the efforts of the league. Over 30,000 railroad men In this coun try are wearing a little button upon the lapels to the conts bearing the letters "R. T, A.," which means Railroad Tem perance Association. Finland has demonstrated that spirits are not necessary In cold countries, hav ing become practically a total absti nence country. This change has been effected under local option and woman suffrage. Sir Benjamin Warde Richardson once interrogated a noted tlght-roe expert as to his art. The acrobat stated that all good trainers and skilled performers agree that abstinence from alcoholic beverages Is absolutely necessary. Mr. Cecil Rhodes, the representative of the English government in South Africa, recently stated that even from a commercial point of view he was against the licensing of any sale of liq uors among the Africans. The Church Temperance Society re cently appointed Its general secretary, Mr. Robert Graham, to go to England this summer and make a thorough in vestigation of the various coffee-house enterprises and systems In that country. The police commissioners of Los An geles passed a resolution to revoke the license of any saloon keeper or his agent found guilty of violating the Sunday closing act, and requested the city coun cil to pass an ordinance forbidding sa loons within COO feet of any school build ing In the city.